cards.
remembering special days has always been
hard for me.
one year
when i went through my accumulation of unsent cards,
and found 3 father's day cards for my dad,
and a couple birthday cards for him too.
while i was thinking about it,
i finished addressing and stamping them
and sent them all to him the same day.
he understood and was amused.
after all,
where did i inherit this weakness from?
recently i read a book titled
the happiness project
by gretchen rubin.
after extensive research
she spent a year
focusing on increasing her happiness.
it sounded like a lot of work.
but i took away a key thought:
there are some {small} things i could be doing
every day
to increase my happiness.
so i made a little checklist for every week day
for the rest of the year.
one of the resolutions on that list
is to send
an encouraging card each day.
(confession:
i give myself a li'l star
for every card i send.)
at about the same time,
i received a free packet of cards from dayspring,
part of their "really woolly" line.
(confession:
i love sheep.)
so, i have been sending more cards,
which really does make me happy.
and even though i don't actually send a card every day,
the number of adhesive stars in my calendar
show progress,
and that makes me happy.
and i've been receiving free cards to give,
which also makes me happy.
